we dont get much news down here in Cornwall but when we do it tends to make a lot of noise nationally. whats happened here is this,the local fishermen in Helford want a little jetty built to make it easier to bring their 'catch' to shore BUT 2nd home owners living in London and elsewhere dont want it built as it would "spoil their view" [even though they dont LIVE in the village] and have filed some sort of lawsuit,even though the local council have already agreed the planning. Roger [being a proper local] has just got wind of this after coming home from the South America tour and is being diplomatic in what he thinks,Cornish style :] "proper job,Roger" as we Cornish say,i buy you a beer the next time you be in the Harbour Inn or The Sandbar. shame he does'nt live here in Porthleven or we'd get our harbour walls rebuilt tomorrow!

The problem with you rural folks is, though, if we city slickers let you build this jetty, next thing is you'll be building wicker men, idols to your pagan gods, and bonfires for witches, and err... Susan George. Best to keep a lid on your seaside shenanigans.

"With a population of 1.75 million, Northern Ireland should really be a footballing minnow. Instead, they could be better described as the piranhas of the international game" (FIFA.com)

The problem with you rural folks is, though, if we city slickers let you build this jetty, next thing is you'll be building wicker men, idols to your pagan gods, and bonfires for witches, and err... Susan George. Best to keep a lid on your seaside shenanigans.

who says we dont already,the winters are VERY long here ;-]

ps,that film [the name of which escapes me at the mo*edit,Straw Dogs*] with Susan George and Dustin Hoffman was filmed right here in my neck of the woods [just down the road anyway] :-p